Choir Bee of the Week: Emma McMahon '16

This week's Choir Bee graciously loaned her room to Keertana, our Social Chair, and her committee so that they may prepare for Choir Valentine's Day in secrecy. Give it up for Emma McMahon for her incredible altruism! Now, let's get to know her!

Emma snapping a selfie with the Bee!

1. Hometown: Tucson, AZ

2. Favorite musical artist: Neutral Milk Hotel probably

3. Favorite song to put you in a happy mood: Yoga – Janelle Monáe

4. Who would star in a film made about your life?  I'd hope it'd be Emma Stone

5. What’s the last book you read for fun? Modern Romance: An Investigation by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg

6. What’s a song that always gets stuck in your head? "Aaron Burr, Sir" from Hamilton

7. What is something you can’t live without? Coffee

8. If you could have fancy brunch with anyone (living or dead) who would it be and why? Sandra Day O'Connor because I want to be surrounded by more about fierce ladies from my home state.

9. What’s your favorite food? Mac & Cheese

10. Who is your personal hero/heroine: Ruth Bader Ginsberg

11. What movie could you watch over and over? Legally Blonde

12. If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go? I'm torn between Tokyo and London

13. If you could go back and visit any time period, what time would you travel to and why? I'd visit the 1970s because that time period is a giant mystery to me, and I'd love to see a world in which men and women wear bellbottoms and platform shoes almost exclusively.

14. What is your favorite word? Treppenwitz which, translated literally means stairs joke, but is a German word for a comeback you thought of too late

15. Something people wouldn’t guess by looking at you is: I was a goth kid in middle school.

16. Why is a raven like a writing desk? Poe wrote on both